Castle (TV Series)

The Greater Good (2014)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield: U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston

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• U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : 25 million?

  Captain Victoria Gates : That's right. And your informant went to a great deal of trouble to keep it secret.

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : And you have no idea where the money came from?

  Captain Victoria Gates : No, but odds are it's what got him killed... Elizabeth, if you know anything about this...

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : Of course I don't know anything about this... You don't believe me.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Do you blame me?

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : I didn't know! And given the lengths he went to hide the transaction, he clearly didn't want me to know.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Okay. Fine. Then I'm gonna need access to Peter Cordero's wire recordings.

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : For what?

  Captain Victoria Gates : Because there may be something on those tapes that's relevant to his murder.

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : We went through them. If there was anything on there, we would have heard it.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Not if you weren't listening for it!

• U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : I'm sorry Victoria, but those wire recordings are a privileged part of a confidential investigation. I can't give you access.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Can't, or won't? Do you think I'm blind? Bringing down someone as big as Burman, you'd be able to write your own ticket. The Mayor's Office. Attorney General. Everything you always dreamed of. But you need Cordero's testimony. And if he was involved in anything dirty while acting as a witness, it'd jeopardize your whole case. *That's* why you won't give us those tapes, because you're afraid of what we might find.

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : Taking down a shark like Burman would send a signal to every fraudulent actor in the financial markets. *I* have to think about the greater good.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Oh, is that what you tell yourself so you can sleep at night?

  U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston : You could never play the game, could you? It's why you're stuck behind a desk instead of running the entire force down at 1PP.

  Captain Victoria Gates : I am not stuck anywhere. And I will never, *never* apologize for doing my job to the letter of the law. Now, I'm gonna need those wire recordings. Or do I have to go over your head?